Water Quality WEB RESOURCES:

Before accessing these sites, develop a plan for conducting your web quest. Read through all of the listings to identify which site(s) will be of importance to you. Remember to review your assignment sheet, which lists information to be completed from your quest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Definitions:

 

• EPA for Kids: How do we measure the quality of our waters?

Provides definitions of basic characteristics & environmental impact

http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/nationswaters/measure.html

 

• EPA Water Glossary

http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/nationswaters/glossary.html

 

• USGS Water Science Glossary

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/dictionary.html#O

 

• USGS Common Water Measurements

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/characteristics.html

 

Topic Related Sites:

 

• Water Quality Parameters (Nutrients, Temperature, pH, Dissolved Oxygen)

http://www.state.ky.us/nrepc/water/wcparint.htm

 

• Sensory Parameters (Dissolved Oxygen, Temperature, pH, Turbidity)

All parameters are discussed. Use the top left box to navigate to a specific topic.

http://wow.nrri.umn.edu/wow/under/parameters/oxygen.html

 

• Water Quality & Land Use Educational Component (Turbidity, Dissolved Oxygen, pH, Temp.)

http://h2osparc.wq.ncsu.edu/info/

 

• USGS: Nutrients on Aquatic Life (N & P)

http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/circ1225/html/aquatic.html

 

• EPA: Three Big Pollutants (Dirt, Bacteria, Nutrients)

http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/nationswaters/bigpollutants.html

 

• Total Suspended Solids:

http://water.nr.state.ky.us/ww/ramp/rmtss.htm

http://bcn.boulder.co.us/basin/data/FECAL/info/TSS.html

 

Environmental Indicators (Healthy and Polluted Levels):

 

• Guidelines for acceptable to polluted levels of (Nutrients, pH, DO, Temp., pH, Turbidity)

http://www.palakes.org/publications/WQParameters.pdf